Antoine  DESROSIERS

Biography
DESROSIERS - nickname given to one whose house is decorated with roses. Or, nickname given to the individual from 'Les Rosiers', the name of several localities in France.

Antoine Desrosiers was baptized in 1620 in Noailly, Loire department. Son of Jean Desrosiers-Deronzier, he arrived in the country in 1641 and married Anne Leneuf, daughter of Michel Leneuf du Hérisson, in 1647 in Trois-Rivières. From their union were born 8 children. In 1651, his servant was killed by the Iroquois and he himself was taken prisoner by them in 1659. He managed to escape and returned to Trois-Rivières. In the census of 1681 he owns 8 firearms, 9 cattle and 40 acres of land in value. He then lived in Champlain, where he died in 1691.
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French-Canadian pioneer Antoine Desrosiers was laid to rest on August 9th, 1691, at Champlain, Québec.

Antoine had arrived in New France as a master carpenter in the employ of the Jesuits (engagé des Jésuites). He later took on official positions as syndic and seigneurial judge.

With his wife Anne Leneuf du Hérisson he had eight children. Among their very numerous notable descendants are Céline Dion, Madonna and celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse.

Anne is often reported to be the daughter of Michel Leneuf (mother unknown), but there appears to be no documentary evidence of it. This is of interest to Antoine's descendants because Michel Leneuf is known to be of 'royal descent' through his mother Jeanne Lemarchand.

[Sources: PRDH; Fichier-Origine; 'Antoine Desrosiers', Our French-Canadian Ancestors (vol.2, pp.66-74), Gérard Lebel (Thomas J. Laforest & Jeffrey M. LaRochelle (trs.)), James Weathers illustrator, Palm Harbor, Florida, 1990.]
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1641 Arrived in New France
Arrived around 1641

Our French-Canadian Ancestors
Antoine Desrosiers
By Thomas J. Laforest (Vol. II, Chapter 8)

1653
He was captured by the Iroquois on 26 May 1653 at Lac-Saint-Pierre and was rescued 11 weeks later near Lake Ontario. Though illiterate on arrival in Canada, he was self taught and became fiscal manager, trustee and seigneurial judge of Champlain. Source: Rootsweb.com

1666 Les Trois Rivieres
Antoine des Rosiers - 46 habitant

Anne du herisson - 34 sa femme

Michel desrosiers - 13 fils

Jean desrosiers - 8 fils

anne desrosiers - 4 fille

antoinne desrosiers - 2 fils

Et Jacques bourdin - 22 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1681 Canadian Census Champlain
Antoine des Rosiers, 62
Anne du Herrisson, sa femme, 50
enfants:
Jean, 20
Antoine, 17
Pierre, 14
Marie, 10
Arnault, domestique, 9

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1691 Death
'The ancestor Desrosiers, covered with honors, was buried at Champlain on the 9th of August, 1691, at the age of about 72. As for Anne Leneuf, we don't know about her demise. We believe her to have been alive in Champlain in 1701 when 'the widow Desrosiers' gave a half minot of grain to the church, for the poor.'

Source:
Our French-Canadian Ancestors
Antoine Desrosiers
By Thomas J. Laforest (Vol. II, Chapter 8)